Kidnapped US journalist freed in Syria — Peter Theo Curtis is handed over to UN peacekeepers in Golan Heights nearly two years after he was captured. — An American journalist kidnapped nearly two years ago has been freed in Syria and handed over to UN peacekeepers in the Golan Heights …

The Golf Address — FORE! Score? And seven trillion rounds ago, our forecaddies brought forth on this continent a new playground, conceived by Robert Trent Jones, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal when it comes to spending as much time on the links as possible …

Rand Paul: Dems afraid I'll run in 2016 — Sen. Rand Paul says Democrats are afraid his stance on war and foreign policy would attract independents and “even some Democrats” if he were to run against Hillary Clinton for president in 2016. — “I think the American public is coming …

On Ferguson, no words from Hillary Clinton — Hillary Clinton ignored reporters' questions about the racial conflict in Ferguson, Missouri, on Sunday at the end of a book-signing event in Westhampton Beach, a vacation enclave near her rented summer house. — Clinton, the potential 2016 …

Texas police chief killed in traffic stop — (CNN) — A police chief in a small Texas town was shot multiple times during a traffic stop Saturday afternoon and later died, authorities said. — Michael Pimentel served in Elmendorf, a suburb southeast of San Antonio with about 1,500 residents.

Dinesh D'Souza: Ferguson Protesters Are Just Like ISIS — Convicted felon Dinesh D'Souza is hawking a new book and making outlandish comparisons, again. — Dinesh D'Souza has a book to sell. — It was certainly with that in mind that in an interview with the conservative Newsmax TV …

Will Iowa be Dems' Waterloo? — Iowa was never supposed to be a Senate battleground for Democrats. — Following two cycles where it was GOP missteps and subpar candidates who cost them winnable races, the tables have turned and it's now Democrats who are scrambling to right Rep. Bruce Braley's flagging campaign before it's too late.

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